** I am so frustrated**

[Guest guest]

My question is why are you stressing over a 135 blood sugar two hours after a

meal???? This is NOT considered out of control. Most recommendations are

that blood sugars should be 140 or below two hours after meals. and the push

to stay lower and lower is not achievable in most diabetics. We are not

normal, and even normal people do not have constant and steady blood sugars.

They rise and fall depending on many things. Please do not get too obsessed

with these numbers. Though they have lowered the standards for " good " blood

sugars in recent years, there are many problems also associated with this, and

we are all being asked to become computer-like automatons at the expense of

quality of life, and even with risk of other damage from hypoglycemia it the

trend continues. Used to be you were not even considered at risk if your

fasting bg was 130 or less, and no medications were even considered. Some of

us, from that era, are still alive and doing just fine, like me. As a type one

diabetic, I am very happy to have a blood sugar of around 135 after any meal.

Not perfect, but today's drugs, *insulin and oral anti-diabetics) as you are all

seeing do not always do the trick!

Re: Re: ** I am so frustrated**

In a message dated 1/27/2006 9:23:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

ron42nm@... writes:

One more thing: don't make lifetime decisions based on a single

meter reading. A food that spikes your sugar one day may not

necessarily the next (although a big piece of chocolate cake surely

will). There are a lot of factors at work that determine a blood

sugar level at any given time.

Hi Ron,

Thanks for posting this because it is so true. An example, I can eat home

made biscuits and never get readings over 120. The other day, I decided to

have a biscuit with egg/veggies. I had been on the phone/website with

AnthemRX

before breakfast and again after breakfast. Two hours later, my numbers

were 135. I knew it was stress.

We all need to realize that we have diabetes therefore we are going to get

high numbers sometimes. Even people without diabetes get high readings

occasionally.

We need to stop stressing over those occasionally high numbers. Stress can

do just as much damage to our body as that once in awhile high number.

We need to control our diabetes, but we have to consider our overall health

at the same time.

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

My question is why are you stressing over a 135 blood sugar two hours after a

meal???? This is NOT considered out of control. Most recommendations are

that blood sugars should be 140 or below two hours after meals. and the push

to stay lower and lower is not achievable in most diabetics. We are not

normal, and even normal people do not have constant and steady blood sugars.

They rise and fall depending on many things. Please do not get too obsessed

with these numbers. Though they have lowered the standards for " good " blood

sugars in recent years, there are many problems also associated with this, and

we are all being asked to become computer-like automatons at the expense of

quality of life, and even with risk of other damage from hypoglycemia it the

trend continues. Used to be you were not even considered at risk if your

fasting bg was 130 or less, and no medications were even considered. Some of

us, from that era, are still alive and doing just fine, like me. As a type one

diabetic, I am very happy to have a blood sugar of around 135 after any meal.

Not perfect, but today's drugs, *insulin and oral anti-diabetics) as you are all

seeing do not always do the trick!

Re: Re: ** I am so frustrated**

In a message dated 1/27/2006 9:23:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

ron42nm@... writes:

One more thing: don't make lifetime decisions based on a single

meter reading. A food that spikes your sugar one day may not

necessarily the next (although a big piece of chocolate cake surely

will). There are a lot of factors at work that determine a blood

sugar level at any given time.

Hi Ron,

Thanks for posting this because it is so true. An example, I can eat home

made biscuits and never get readings over 120. The other day, I decided to

have a biscuit with egg/veggies. I had been on the phone/website with

AnthemRX

before breakfast and again after breakfast. Two hours later, my numbers

were 135. I knew it was stress.

We all need to realize that we have diabetes therefore we are going to get

high numbers sometimes. Even people without diabetes get high readings

occasionally.

We need to stop stressing over those occasionally high numbers. Stress can

do just as much damage to our body as that once in awhile high number.

We need to control our diabetes, but we have to consider our overall health

at the same time.

hugs

Eunice

[Guest guest]

My question is why are you stressing over a 135 blood sugar two hours after a

meal???? This is NOT considered out of control. Most recommendations are

that blood sugars should be 140 or below two hours after meals. and the push

to stay lower and lower is not achievable in most diabetics. We are not

normal, and even normal people do not have constant and steady blood sugars.

They rise and fall depending on many things. Please do not get too obsessed

with these numbers. Though they have lowered the standards for " good " blood

sugars in recent years, there are many problems also associated with this, and

we are all being asked to become computer-like automatons at the expense of

quality of life, and even with risk of other damage from hypoglycemia it the

trend continues. Used to be you were not even considered at risk if your

fasting bg was 130 or less, and no medications were even considered. Some of

us, from that era, are still alive and doing just fine, like me. As a type one

diabetic, I am very happy to have a blood sugar of around 135 after any meal.

Not perfect, but today's drugs, *insulin and oral anti-diabetics) as you are all

seeing do not always do the trick!

Re: Re: ** I am so frustrated**

In a message dated 1/27/2006 9:23:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

ron42nm@... writes:

One more thing: don't make lifetime decisions based on a single

meter reading. A food that spikes your sugar one day may not

necessarily the next (although a big piece of chocolate cake surely

will). There are a lot of factors at work that determine a blood

sugar level at any given time.

Hi Ron,

Thanks for posting this because it is so true. An example, I can eat home

made biscuits and never get readings over 120. The other day, I decided to

have a biscuit with egg/veggies. I had been on the phone/website with

AnthemRX

before breakfast and again after breakfast. Two hours later, my numbers

were 135. I knew it was stress.

We all need to realize that we have diabetes therefore we are going to get

high numbers sometimes. Even people without diabetes get high readings

occasionally.

We need to stop stressing over those occasionally high numbers. Stress can

do just as much damage to our body as that once in awhile high number.

We need to control our diabetes, but we have to consider our overall health

at the same time.

hugs

Eunice